Waterproof ornament



April 22 1924. 1,491,258

' W. GLUCKIN WATERPROOF ORNAMEYT Filed July 1. 1922 Wzidlp'am Glue/an;i5 61 own Patented Apr. 22, 1924.

it: SITES WILLIAM GLUCKIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WATERPROOF ORNAMENT.

Application filed July 1, 1922. Serial No. 572,338.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, l/VILIJAM GLUOKIN, acitizen of the United States, and residing at Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in 'Wa-terproof Ornaments, of which the following is aspecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to ornaments designed particularly for use inconnection with bathing wearing apparel such as bathing suits, caps,garters and the like and particularly a device of this class made up inornamental form to represent flowers, emblems, animals and the like, andthe object of the invention is to provide a device of the class and forthe purpose specified, which is composed of rubber, or rubberizedmaterial, or a composition rubber, whereby the device will be renderedwater-proof; a further object being to provide a device of the classspecified, composed of one or more parts provided at a predeterminedpoint with an eyelet or similar device, through which a. suitableattaching device or devices may be passed in securing the ornamentaldevice in connection with a suitable .sup-

port; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists ina device of the class and for the purpose specified, which is simple inconstruction, efficient in use and which is constructed as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of.which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the 1 separateparts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference charactersin each of the views, and in which Fig. 1 is a side view of a bathingcap, showing one of my improved devices mounted in connection therewith;I

Fig. 2 is a partial section on the line 22 of Fig. 1 and on an enlargedscale;

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view showing the separate parts of the devicesshown in Figs. 1 and 2, prior totheir connection in forming a. unitarydevice;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but omitting part of theconstruction; and

Fig. 5 is a modified form of my improved device mounted in connectionwith a suitable support.

or the purpose of illustrating one use of my improvement, I have shownin Figs. 1 to 4:.iI1ClUSiV6, one of my improved ornamental devices inthe form of a flower 10, and in making up the device, I stamped from twosheets of rubber, rubberized fabric or composition rubber, the separateparts 10, 10 and 10 of the flower. These parts are formed by suitabledies and are ofthe general form shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing and inthe operation of cutting the separate parts 10*, 10 and 10 the separatesheets of rubber are automatically secured together at the 10 in Fig.termined amount of air is retained between theseparate sheets of saidparts. The securing or Joining of the edges of the parts broadlyspeaking is old in periphery as indicated at 10 10 and 10 this art.

After the separate parts 10*, 10 and 10 have been formed and aribbon-like strip 11 of the same material has been cut and folded in themannershown in Fig. 1 of tl e drawing, said parts and said strip arejoined by an eyelet 12 which is passed centrally through said parts andthe folded end portion of the strip 11 and is flared orriveted to secureall of said parts together to form a unitary structure thereof as shownin Fig. 4 of the drawing. The eyelet 12 forms a center aperture 13 inthe flower through which one member 14 of a suitable attaching device isadapted to pass into a button shaped member 15 which forms the other,part of said attaching device and the outer face of the button member 15is provided with a covering 16, preferably composed of the same materialas that employed in the flower 10, and this member forms the heart ofthe flower.

The part 14 of the attaching device is provided with a threaded pinmember 17 and in the use of my improvement this pin member ispiercedthrough the garment or 3 of the drawing and a. prede wearingapparel in connection with which the device is to be mounted, afterwhich the device or flower 10 is mounted upon said pin by passing thesame through the aperture 13, formed by the eyelet 12 and the buttonshaped member 15 is then forced into position and is held in suchposition by the threads on the pin 17. hen it is desired to remove theflower or other device 10, the button-shaped member 15 is threadedoutwardly upon the pin 17.

In the above operation of securing the separate parts 10, 10 and 10together by the eyelet 12, the air in said parts will operate to expandthe projecting portions thereof to give an inflated appearance, in otherwords, a cross-section through the petals, leaves or the like of theflower will be approximately elliptical in form in crosssection asillustrated in Figs. 2 and 1 of the drawing.

It will also be understood that by using an attaching device of theclass described, a very small portion or: area of the garment or wearingapparel is pierced or defaced in applying the flower or other devicethereto, and this will also prevent the tearing'of the garment,especially if the same is composed of rubber or rubberized material. Itwill also be apparent that the material around the pin 17 will becompressed and reinforced by the attaching device.

In Fig. 5 of the drawing I have shown for the purpose of illustratingother methods of carrying my invention into effect or producing thedevices in other forms, the repre sentation of a fish 18, which is madein the same manner as either one of the parts 10 10 and 10 of the flower10 and the part 15, an attaching device similar to that shown in Figs.1, 2 and 3 of the drawing is passed through an eyelet and will form theeye of the fish.

It will also be understood that any kind or class of animals, object,shield and the like may be made up in this manner and while I have showncertain details of construction for carrying my invention into effeetand a specific form of attaching device as well as a specific method ofmaking the separate parts of my improved ornamental device, that I amnot necessarily limited in these respects and various changes in andmodifications of the construction herein shown and described may be madewithin the scope of the appended claims without departing from thespirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

It will also be apparent that my improved ornamental device or devicesmay be made up in fabrics of different or of variated colors toreproduce various kinds or species of plants, animals and the like ormay be made to represent predetermined symbols or other objects and itwill also be understood that the member 15 of the attaching device orthe facing sheet 16 thereof will form a part of the device with theconstruction shown.

Having fully described my what I claim as new and desire to LettersPatent, is

invention secure by 1. An ornamental device of the class describedformed from two sheets of waterproof material, the edge portions ofwhich are secured together to form a confined and closed space betweensaid sheets and containing air.

2. An ornamental device of the class described formed from two sheets ofwaterproof material, the edge portions of which are secured together toform a confined and closed space between said sheets and containing air,and means passed through and secured to the separate sheets forproviding an aperture therein.

3. An ornamental device of the class described formed from two similarsheets of waterproof material, the edge portions of which are securedtogether to form a close chamber between said sheets, said chambercontaining air whereby the separate sheets are separated one from theother, means passed through and secured to the saparate sheets forproviding an aperture therein, a two-part attaching member fordetachably securing said device to a suitable support, one part of saidmember being in the form of a headed pin, and the other part, a capadapted to receive the pointed end of the pin, and said last named partconstituting a part of the ornamental device.

4. An ornamental device of the class described composed of two sheetssimilarly fashioned of waterproof material, the periphery portions ofwhich are secured together to form a closed chamber between said sheetsand said chamber containing air, and means involving an attaching memberfor securing said device to a predetermined support.

5. An ornamental device of the class described formed from a pluralityof units, each of which is composed of two sheets of rubber fabric, theperiphery portions of which are secured together to form an air spacebetween said sheets.

6. An ornamental device of the class described formed from a pluralityof units, each of which is composed of two sheets of rubber fabric, theperiphery portions of which are secured together to form an air spacebetween said sheets, and means for securing the separate units together.

7 An ornamental device of the class described formed from a plurality ofunits, each of which is composed of two sheets of rubber fabric, theperiphery portions of which are secured together to form an air spacebetween said sheets, and means for securing the separate units togetherand to gether to form an air space or spaces beform an aperture therein.tween the separate sheets and within the 10 8. An ornamental device ofthe class deseparate units. scribed formed from a plurality of units ofIn testimony that I claim the foregoing 5 predetermined form, each ofsaid units beas my invention I have signed my name this ing formed byplacing two sheets of rub- 30th day of June, 1922. beri'zed material oneupon another, and securing the edge portions of the same to- WILLIAMGLUCKIN.

